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In an exciting 106-pound semifinal, Baumholder's Blake Brittain, left, beat Ramstein's Steve Cavanaugh in a 6-5 decision and is to face Kaiserslautern's Matt Fischer in Saturday afternoon's final at the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden.

In an exciting 106-pound semifinal, Baumholder's Blake Brittain, left, beat Ramstein's Steve Cavanaugh in a 6-5 decision and is to face Kaiserslautern's Matt Fischer in Saturday afternoon's final at the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

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WrestlingDODDS-Europe championshipsSaturday at Wiesbaden

Fifth round106 poundsPool A — Blake Brittain (Baumholder) tech fall Elijah Gonzalez (Naples) 5:26; McKenna Fields (Patch) pin Alex Nguyen (SHAPE) 3:00; Nick Klink (Aviano) def. Zach Cassou (Wiesbaden) 11-4Pool B — Steve Cavanaugh (Ramstein) def. Kendell Finster (Vilseck) 8-7; Matt Fischer (Kaiserslautern) def. Daniel Vossler (Sigonella) 9-2; Kyle Shaver (Bitburg) pin Austin Harrison (Patch) 2:39113 poundsPool A — Ross Wilson (Patch) def. Victor Baart (Black Forest Academy) 7-0; Mike Wolfe (Ramstein) pin Ashleigh Gagnon (Kaiserslautern) 3:05; Nicholas Baxter (Heidelberg), byePool B — Andrew Hooks (Baumholder) def. Ryan Goins (Ramstein) 7-2; John Kellett-Forsyth (Patch) def. Luca Melendez (Naples) 10-9; Carlos Ulep (SHAPE) pin Henry Paige (Black Forest Academy) 5:23120 poundsPool A — Mitchell Shafer (Ramstein) def. Garrett Prewitt (Black Forest Academy) 9-2; Chris Brown (Patch) def. Brenden Gauthier (Baumholder) 9-2; Dallin Cazier (Alconbury) def. Brodie Cutshall (Kaiserslautern) 7-5Pool B — Isaac McIlvene (Patch) pin Dante Thomas (Wiesbaden) 5:58; Asah Tibuni (Aviano) def. Kai Novelli (Ramstein) 15-10; Jackson Sylvester (Ankara) def. Matthew Steffen (Heidelberg) 8-2126 poundsPool A — Adam Franz (Ramstein) def. Jacob Andrus (Patch) 9-7; Brendan Sturman (Wiesbaden) pin Keith Min (Black Forest Academy) 3:39; Henry Penzien (Wiesbaden), byePool B — Dane Robbins (Bitburg) pin Patricio Hernandez (Naples) 3:23; Chris Carlisle (Patch) pin Karl Kristensen (SHAPE) 1:06; Marquez Ensey (Heidelberg) pin Saverio Young (AFNORTH) 2:24132 poundsPool A — Matt Lengyel (SHAPE) maj. dec. Damian Sotelo (Bitburg) 11-2; Jonathan Charpenter (Patch) pin Conner Smith (Vicenza) 2:47; T.J. Moore (Ramstein) pin Joe Spiszer (Wiesbaden) 3:29Pool B — Nikolas Weiser (Aviano) def. Jaden Fields (Patch) 6-4; Keaton Regenor (Rota) def. T.J. Daly (Kaiserslautern) 6-0; Nick Lister (Heidelberg) maj. dec. Kyle Leanhart (Lakenheath) 15-5138 poundsPool A — Austin Morrow (Lakenheath) by forfeit over Josh McKeown (Black Forest Academy); Jeff Lawson (Kaiserslautern) def. Andrew Baxter (Heidelberg) 8-3; Mikhail Schroeder (Vicenza) def. Mitch Crowell (Rota) 11-5Pool B — Anthony Caceres (Kaiserslautern) def. DeSean Horton (Patch) 12-11; Bryan Caldwell (Ramstein) pin Josh Wenger (Black Forest Academy) 4:18; Nathan Cass (Patch) def. Stephen Carlson (Bitburg) 7-5145 poundsPool A — Adam Carroll (Lakenheath) def. Thomas Trevino (Patch) 12-5; Tyler Williams (Naples) by forfeit over John Spiszer (Wiesbaden); Alex Abing (Menwith Hill) pin Demar Flake (Ansbach) 1:36Pool B — C.J. Calabrese (Vicenza) by forfeit over Aldon Pagio (AFNORTH); Brandon Furtado (Ramstein) def. Samuel Nevinger (Heidelberg) 5-3; Kyle Willis (Aviano) def. Larry Jackson (Bitburg) 11-10152 poundsPool A — Ricky Sizemore (Naples) pin Jordan Freeman (Wiesbaden) 5:19; Mekyle Fernandes (Patch) pin Dylan Sharpy (Ramstein) 3:28; Devon Parrish (Lakenheath) def. Greer McCollumn (Black Forest Academy) 9-7Pool B — Daniel Lejeune (Heidelberg) def. Vincent Alonso (Brussels) 10-4; Paul Michitsch (Kaiserslautern) pin Ramsey Schroeder (Vicenza) 1:18; Eric Carter (Ramstein) maj. dec. Isaiah McNickles (Vilseck) 14-0160 poundsPool A — Jimmie McBride (Heidelberg) def. Aaron Hogg (Vicenza) 9-8; Arvin Hrushka (Kaiserslautern) pin Nick Bradley (Ramstein) 5:084; Nathan Rogacki (Lakenheath) pin Junior Lopez (Ansbach) 2:39Pool B — Galen McCarver (Ramstein) def. John Downey (Bitburg) 5-2; Jaden Wilstead (Patch) pin Daniel Zazworsky (Black Forest Academy) 1:46; Jessie Davis (Wiesbaden) pin Daniel Alvarado (Patch) 2:43170 poundsPool A — Calen Fields (Patch) pin Matt Sharpy (Ramstein) 2:24; David Arreguin (Naples) pin Cullen Ennis (AFNORTH) 2:57; J.C. Rapp (Patch), byePool B — Will Pagan (Vicenza) pin Benny Falling (Wiesbaden) 2:28; Joel Balmforth (Heidelberg) def. Tyler Rood (Ramstein) 23-17; Akir Fowlkes (Kaiserslautern), bye182 poundsPool A — Robert Mannier (Patch) pin Bryson Randall (Bitburg) 5:02; Mike Flores (Ramstein) pin Josh Hensy (Naples) 3:12; Joseph Anastasia (Ankara) byePool B — Joe Ankrom (Ramstein) pin Zack Cheek (Naples) 1:22; Ryan Patten (AFNORTH) by forfeit over Daniel White (Heidelberg); Xavier Merrill (Alconbury), bye195 poundsPool A — Alex Hess (Wiesbaden) def. Makua Camarao (Naples) 8-3; Albert Suarez (Patch) pin Charles Martinez (Ramstein) 5:08; Mark Roskosky (Kaiserslautern), byePool B — Alex Grant (Heidelberg) pin Brenan Elliott (Ramstein) 1:38; Noah Woiton (Aviano) by forfeit over Victor Black (AFNORTH); Jesse Partee (Vilseck) bye220 poundsPool A — Austin Schmidt (Bitburg) pin T.J. Propp (Ansbach) 0:27; Anthony Davis (Rota) pin Malcolm Dorsey (Vicenza) 1:44; Luke Narug (AFNORTH) pin William Miller (Heidelberg) 2:46Pool B — Anthony Zaferis (Ramstein) maj. dec. Johnathon Corriere (Aviano) 14-2; William Heiges (Wiesbaden) pin Andrew Mineni (Patch) 1:35; Andrew Wells (Brussels) bye285 poundsPool A — Tony Legare (AFNORTH) pin Jordan Thurston (Naples) 0:25; Noah Hartley (Vilseck) pin Chris Savchenko (Ramstein) 1:49 Pool B — Rahim Beatty (Ansbach) pin Christian Elliott (Ramstein) 1:27; Nikolas Scheffler (Baumholder) by forfeit over Chris Ashton-Welch (Aviano); Trever Mickles (Patch) bye

Semifinals106 pounds — Fischer pin Klink 1:32; Brittain def. Cavanaugh 6-5113 — Wilson by default over Hooks; Kellett-Forsyth def. Baart 7-2120 — Thomas def. Shafer 7-5; McIlvene pin Prewitt 2:27126 — Franz maj. dec. Hernandez 9-1; Robbins pin Andrus 3:59132 — Lengyel pin J. Fields 4:36; Weiser def. Sotelo 5-0138 — Morrow pin Horton 5:34; Caldwell def. Lawson 9-8145 — Carroll pin Nevinger 3:54; Trevino def. Furtado 4-2152 — Parrish def. Alonso 1-0; Lejeune pin Fernandes 2:51160 — McBride def. Downey 5-2; Hogg def. McCarver 2-0170 — C. Fields def. Pagan 6-2; M. Sharpy def. Balmforth 8-5182 — Mannier pin Cheek 2:47; Randall def. Ankrom 8-5195 – Suarez tech fall B. Elliott 5:09; Grant pin Martinez 3:09220 — Schmidt pin Zaferis 3:17; Heiges pin Narug 1:28285 — Legare pin Mickles 3:22; Hartley def. Beatty 5-1

Fifth place106 — Gonzalez pin Vossler 1:42113 — Goins pin N. Baxter 1:14120 — Novelli def. Brown 3-1126 — Sturman maj. dec. Carlisle 14-3132 — Regenor pin Charpenter 4:59138 — Caceres maj. dec. A. Baxter 13-3145 — Abing def. Jackson 6-4152 — Michitsch pin Sizemore 1:56160 — Hrushka def. J. Davis 11-7170 — Rood pin Arreguin 4:46182 — Flores pin Patten 5:11195 — Partee pin Hess 4:48220 — Mineni def. A. Davis 12-6285 — C. Elliott pin Savchenko 3:28

Third place106 – Cavanaugh by default over Klink113 — Hooks def. Baart 6-0120 — Shafer maj. dec. Prewitt 16-7126 — Andrus pin Hernandez 5:46132 — J. Fields def. Sotelo 2-0138 — Horton pin Lawson 5:18145 — Nevinger def. Furtado 9-4152 — Alonso (BRU) def. Fernandes 10-9160 — McCarver def. Downey 6-3170 — Pagan pin Balmforth 2:51182 — Ankrom def. Cheek 12-7195 — B. Elliott pin Martinez 1:27220 — Narug def. Zaferis 10-9285 — Beatty pin Mickles 3:34

Championships106 — Fischer def. Brittain 8-6113 — Wilson maj. dec. Kellett-Forsyth 13-3120 — McIlvene maj. dec. Thomas 14-3126 — Robbins pin Franz 3:26132 — Lengyel def. Weiser 5-1138 — Morrow tech fall Caldwell 18-3, 5:03145 — Carroll maj. dec. Trevino 8-1152 — Lejeune def. Parrish 6-0160 — McBride def. Hogg 5-3170 — C. Fields pin M. Sharpy 4:55182 — Mannier maj. dec. Randall 20-8195 — Grant def. Suarez 7-5220 — Schmidt pin Heiges 0:59285 — Legare pin Hartley 5:26Team scoringDivision I — Patch 298, Ramstein 215, Heidelberg 167, Lakenheath 99.5, Wiesbaden 90.5, Kaiserslautern 82, Vilseck 39Division II — Bitburg 145, Naples 84.5, AFNORTH 64.5, Aviano 53.5, Vicenza 53, Baumholder 49.5, SHAPE 42, Black Forest Academy 34, Ansbach 28.5Division III — Rota 24, Brussels 21, Menwith Hill 15.5, Sigonella 10, Alconbury 3.5, Ankara 2

BasketballBoysNon-regionalSchweinfurt 54, Black Forest Academy 53Friday at KandernSchweinfurt ....... 9 19 6 20_54Black Forest....... 13 11 13 16_53Scoring – Schweinfurt: Brandon Wright 21, Jordan Simpkins 15, Christian Carrillo 8; BFA: Anthony Purpero 21, Josiah Kelly 10, Travis Olson 6. Noteworthy – Simpkins had 9 rebounds and Josh Richardson 5 for Schweinfurt, which also got 7 assists from Wright; Olson had 12 rebounds and Kelly 9 for BFA, while Purpero had 4 assists and 4 steals. JV – Schweinfurt 46, BFA 27.Schweinfurt 49, Black Forest Academy 45Saturday at KandernSchweinfurt ....... 5 17 9 18_49Black Forest ....... 11 9 11 14_45Scoring – Schweinfurt: Wright 14, Simpkins 12, Tony Price 9; BFA: Olson 12, Kelly 8, Purpero 8. Noteworthy – Simpkins had 7 rebounds and Price 5 for Schweinfurt, with Wright posting 6 assists; Kelly had 13 rebounds and 6 assists for BFA. Records – Schweinfurt improved to 6-8 overall, while BFA fell to 6-8. JV - Schweinfurt 37, BFA 28.

Region IIBitburg 44, Baumholder 41Saturday at BitburgBaumholder ....... 2 8 12 19 41Bitburg ....... 8 14 12 10 44Scoring – Baumholder: Dimio Harris 15, Breon Herbert 14; Bitburg: Dante Shanks 16, CJ Evans 9, Daren Aiken 8. Noteworthy - Herbert and Ben McDaniels each had 8 for Baumholder; Aiken had 11 and DeJavon Green 8 for Bitburg. Shanks had 4 steals and 3 blocks for Bitburg, which held off a Baumholder rally. Records – Bitburg improved to 2-8 in Region II and 3-11 overall; Baumholder finished the regular season at 4-6 and 7-7.

Region IIIHohenfels 52, Ansbach 50Friday at HohenfelsHohenfels....... 9 21 1 21_52Ansbach ....... 11 10 17 12_50Scoring - Hohenfels: Xavier Davis 16, Devon Fluker 13, Gilbert Pinckney 12; Ansbach: Mikael Vicente 13, Derrick Flake 12, Antonio Henry 6. Noteworthy - Pinckney had 16 rebounds, 7 steals and 3 blocks, Davis had 8 rebounds and 3 steals for Hohenfels; Vicente had 10 rebounds, Flake 5 and Henry 4 for Ansbach, Jake Voorhees had 5 steals for Ansbach.

Hohenfels 65, Ansbach 37Saturday at AnsbachAnsbach ....... 7 4 12 14_37Hohenfels....... 8 16 19 22_65Scoring – Ansbach: Derrick Flake 14, Antonio Henry; Hohenfels: Devon Fluker 18, Gilbert Pinckney 11, Xavier Davis 9, Lamar Benjamin 9, James Ferguson 6. Noteworthy – Pinckney, Davis and Ferguson each had 6 rebounds for Hohenfels. Records – Ansbach is 1-13 Hohenfels is 4-10. JV - Ansbach 40, Hohenfels 21.

Region IVAviano 55, Vicenza 38Saturday at AvianoVicenza....... 15 9 7 7_38Aviano ....... 18 14 18 5_55Scoring – Vicenza: LaScott Richardson 19, Derrick Schaefer 5, Ronaldo Reyter 5, Jerome Farmer 5; Aviano: Cory Webb 20, Elijah Smith 12, Myron McRae 10, Zach Erskine 6. Records – Aviano improved to 9-1 and tied Naples for the top record in Region IV. Both teams had four games cancelled and didn’t play each other during the regular season. Vicenza finished at 6-4.

GirlsNon-regionalBlack Forest Academy 30, Schweinfurt 28Friday at Kandern, GermanySchweinfurt ....... 8 7 6 7_28BFA ....... 6 11 6 7_30Scoring – Schweinfurt: Diandra Quashie 11, Shadaia Gamble 6, LiyanBree Washington 5; BFA: Amy Dominguez 9, Michaella Fortune 8, Natalie Bertrand 6. Noteworthy – Quashie had 9 rebounds and Tricia Valverde 6 for Schweinfurt; Fortune had 14 rebounds and Bertrand 7 for BFA.Black Forest Academy 42, Schweinfurt 38, OTSaturday at Kandern, GermanySchweinfurt ....... 8 9 7 9 5_38BFA....... 7 10 10 6 9_42Scoring – Schweinfurt: Ashley Leach 12, Gamble 11, Valverde 6; BFA: Fortune 11, Hannah Harrop 10, Bertrand 7. Noteworthy – Harrop had 10 rebounds for BFA, while Hannah Kuehn had 7 rebounds and 10 steals. Quashie had 12 rebounds and Gamble 5 for Schweinfurt. Records – BFA finished the regular season at 2-8 in Region II and 4-10 overall; Schweinfurt finished 2-10 in Region III and 2-12 overall.

Region IBrussels American 34, AFNORTH 22Friday at BrusselsAFNORTH ....... 7 2 6 7_22Brussels ....... 10 4 12 8_34Scoring – AFNORTH: Madison Puckett 5, Cherry Carnes 4, Jasmine Doll 4, Taylor Bonenclark 3, Rylee McKinney 2, Kadi Howell 2, Sierra Herndon 2; Brussels: Aleeza Vitale 8, Sindi Shahu 8, Dominique Poltier 7, Alexander McVicker 5, Ana-Marija Vasileva 5, Anja Shelton 1. Noteworthy – Bonenclark had 10 rebounds and Doll 6 for AFNORTH; Poltier, Ali DeFazio and Shahu lead Brussels with 7 each, while Vasileva grabbed 6 and Vitale 5. Brussels coach Dexter Bohn credited DeFazio’s all-around game for spurring his team to its “best game of the year.” Records – Brussels improved to 9-4 in Region I and overall; AFNORTH fell to 6-4 and 10-4 overall.

Region IIRamstein 38, Kaiserslautern 28Friday at RamsteinKaiserslautern ....... 8 11 1 8_28Ramstein ....... 12 11 3 12_38Scoring – Kaiserslautern : Amber Perryman 7, Medina Gregory 7, Alan Dickerson 3; Ramstein: MacKenzie Crews 11, Samia Ladner 10, Kateri Goldammer 8, Katherine Enyeart 7. Noteworthy – Enyeart had a season-high 18 rebounds for the Royals, while Goldammer grabbed seven more; Crews and Ladner each had 5 steals. Perryman had 5 steals and 4 rebounds and Dickerson 4 steals and 5 rebounds for Kaiserslautern. Records – The two teams finished the regular season tied atop the Region II standings with 9-1 records, with Ramstein fielding a 11-2 overall mark to Kaiserslautern’s 12-2 record.

Region IIIVilseck 29, Bamberg 18 Saturday at VilseckBamberg ....... 2 7 3 6—18Vilseck ....... 4 6 10 9—29Scoring — Bamberg: Natasha Godbee 5, Tiara Bowen 5, Vanessa Sanders 4; Vilseck: Deraj’ McClinton 9, Sharmil Whyatt 6, Taylor Hall 6. Noteworthy — According to Vilseck coach Jim Hall, Bamberg’s Sanders and Vilseck’s Mariah Morris led all rebounders with 12 each. Vilseck’s Whatt grabbed 11 and Bamberg’s Godbee 6. McClinton posted 6 assists and Hall 4. JV — Vilseck 27, Bamberg 12.

Ansbach 49, Hohenfels 28Saturday at AnsbachAnsbach ....... 10 14 17 8_49Hohenfels ....... 4 14 5 5_28Scoring – Ansbach: Katryna Galvez 14, Alyssa Solis 11, Lauren Finley 10; Hohenfels: Kiana Glenn 11, Tashia Golson 6, Casey Leon 4. Noteworthy – Solis had 10 rebounds, Galvez 8 and McKenzie Elllis 7, Finley had 7 assists and 9 steals for Ansbach, Golson had 9 rebounds and Glenn had 6 for Hohenfels. Records – Ansbach is 8-6 Hohenfels is 3-11. JV - Hohenfels 17, Ansbach 15.

Region IVVicenza 61, Aviano 57Saturday at AvianoScore by quarters not availableScoring – Vicenza: Sella Pauling 32, Tatiana Miranda 10, Kianna Graham 10, Katie McKeener 4; Aviano: Kyerha Smith 33, Katlyn Atchley 10, Gabriella Guerrero 4. Noteworthy – Atchley had 13 rebounds for Aviano and Smith added 11. Records – The two teams finished tied in Region IV at 4-4 in fourth place.

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